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Bad / Confused

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shellshocked - Being confused and disorientd because of a sudden alarming and frightening experience.

When he found out that he had lost 90% of his money when the stock he had invested in had crashed, he was shellshocked.

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Bad / Dangerous

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shock - To cause someone to feel surprised and upset.

He was shocked when he saw that his bank account was negative..

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Bad / Hostile

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shame - To publicly disgrace or dishonor someone, making them feel humiliated or guilty.

The media shamed the mayor when it revealed that he had accepted a bribe.

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Other / Entice

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seduce - To lead astray usually by persuasion or false promises

Clever advertising often tries to seduce naïve customers into buying worthless products.

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Other / Inward

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sentimental - Having a strong emotional attachment to memories or things.

She kept the old letters as sentimental reminders of her childhood.

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Bad / Powerless

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shorthanded - Not having the usual or necessary number of workers or helpers to get something done.

When the flood swept through the community, though the relief workers were very shorthanded, they did an amazing job rescuing the people by boat.

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Good / Love

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selfless - Concerned more with the needs, happiness, and wishes of others than with one's own; unselfish.

Mother Teresa's care for the poor in India was an act of selfless devotion to the needs of others.

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Bad / Disgusting

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shameless - Not ashamed about something that others generally consider unacceptable

The clever website was a shameless attempt to sell defective goods to naïve customers.

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Good / Flexible

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serendipity - A happy or lucky outcome that arises out of seemingly random events.

It was pure serendipity that I bumped into my old friend in the library after so many years.

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Bad / Small

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shortfall - An insufficient amount of something necessary, such as funds or supplies.

Due to a shortfall in food supplies, the government had to provide food for the people in a makeshift meal on the street.

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Bad / Weak

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shortcoming - A fault or weakness that makes someone or something less successful or effective than they should be.

Andrew Carnegie didn't look at his poverty growing up as a shortcoming, and it didn't stop him from becoming the richest man in the world.

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shameful - Disgraceful behavior that is worthy of blame and shame.

When the teacher found out that Sammy had cheated on the test, she scolded him for his shameful behavior.